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UNESCO-MGIEP launches policy brief on Rethinking Schooling for 21st Century

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 18 Oct 2018 | by: Team Careers360 | Story Source: Careers360 ~ Go to Original Article UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace (MGIEP) launched the policy brief on ‘Rethinking Schooling for 21st Century- The State of...

Girls are fighting back to end gender violence in school

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 16 Oct 2018 | by: Megha Kashyap | Story Source: GPE ~ Go to Original Article A GPE youth advocate is using her voice to raise awareness about gender-based violence in school and how to empower girls to fight back. Gender-based...

Making Peace: How schools can help foster a more peaceful world

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 23 Dec 2015 | by: Leah Shafer | Story Source: Harvard Usable Knowledge ~ Go to Original Article As 2015 draws to a close, we hope for a new year where cooperation and empathy supersede violence and suspicion. For our final article...

Educational TV of violence: Efficiently training the youth in aggressive behaviours

Photo: UNESCO Date: 19 Oct 2018 | by: Helen Abadzi | Story Source: Blue Dot (UNESCO MGIEP) ~ Go to Original Article Opinion: Helen Abadzi, Greek psychologist, researcher at the University of Texas at Arlington. On a recent flight, I sat next to a 3-year old Korean...

Submit Your Story for the International Youth Campaign on Kindness for the Sustainable Development Goals

Photo: UNESCO Date: 19 Oct 2018 | by: UNESCO MGIEP | Story Source: UNESCO MGIEP ~ Go to Original Article The UNESCO MGIEP is initiating the International Youth Campaign on Kindness for the Sustainable Development Goals. The purpose of this Campaign is to mobilize the...

Meet Cambodia’s ‘Rubbish Man’: he runs a school where children pay for their education in recycled waste materials

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 12 Oct 2018 | by: South China Morning Post | Story Source: South China Morning Post ~ Go to Original Article About 65 kids are enrolled at the school, where classroom walls are made of painted car tyres and the entrance adorned with...

Women and girls take the lead in Afghanistan

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 11 Oct 2018 | by: Education Cannot Wait | Story Source: Education Cannot Wait Blog ~ Go to Original Article Education Cannot Wait provides a new path for women teachers and community leaders, opening up re-envisioned learning...

On-Screen Learning: Infants Are More Likely to Learn When With a Peer

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 16 Oct 2018 | by: Kristen Cole | Story Source: UConn Today ~ Go to Original Article Infants are more likely to learn from on-screen instruction when paired with another infant as opposed to viewing the lesson alone, according to a...

How Finnish-inspired teaching methods improved learning in a US classroom

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 15 Oct 2018 | by: Janet English | Story Source: OECD (Education Today) ~ Go to Original Article When people said Finnish teaching methods couldn’t work in American classes, I wanted to see if I could prove them wrong. So I moved to...

How Stress Affects Your Memory and What You Can Do About It

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 11 Oct 2018 | by: Katrina Schwartz | Story Source: KQED Mindshift ~ Go to Original Article We've all had the experience of studying hard for a test, believing we know the information, and then sitting down in the testing room only...

Experts call for an end to online preschool programs

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 10 Oct 2018 | by: Jackie Mader | Story Source: The Hechinger Report ~ Go to Original Article Especially popular in rural areas, preschool programs may expose kids to ‘new risks,’ experts warn. Some online preschool programs boast...

Mobile teachers help out-of-school children from ethnic minority in Myanmar

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 10 Oct 2018 | by: Billy Briggs | Story Source: TheirWorld ~ Go to Original Article Years of civil war and tension has meant about 75,000 children from the Karen people have missed out on education. An estimated 75,000 children have...

Afghan teacher encourages children to never give up

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 8 Oct 2018 | by: ANADOLU AGENCY | Story Source: Daily Sabah, Life ~ Go to Original Article For Afghan teacher Sakena Yacoobi, her students are her driving force. Known for her courage and relentless struggle to educate young girls...

Five elements of a good preschool (US)

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 10 Oct 2018 | by: John D. Tulenko and Jackie Mader and Lillian Mongeau | Story Source: The Hechinger Report (USA) ~ Go to Original Article How parents and educators can gauge preschool quality. We know preschool makes a big...

New data reveal that poor youth are among the most vulnerable to bullying

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 1 Oct 2018 | by: Silvia Montoya, UIS| Story Source: GPE/UIS ~ Go to Original Article Almost one-third of young teens worldwide have recently experienced bullying. What are the effects of bullying and what factors influence it?...

What’s Going On In the Brain Of A Child Who Has Experienced Trauma?

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 14 Sep 2018 | by: Katrina Schwartz | Story Source: KQED Mindshift ~ Go to Original Article Educators are increasingly recognizing that students often have complicated lives outside of school that affect how ready they are to learn....

All About Motivation — What Drives Students to Work Hard — And To Like It

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 21 Sep 2018 | by: Usable Knowledge | Story Source: Usable Knowledge (Harvard) ~ Go to Original Article Autonomy, responsibility, and other insights into what drives students to want to work hard — and to like it. When you allow...

The Research Is In: How Mistakes Help Students Learn (US)

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 14 Aug 2018 | by: Youki Terada | Story Source: EduTopia ~ Go to Original Article Guessing is useful for students’ ability to recall information—even when the guesses are wrong. Despite its popularity, memorizing information is one...

Preparing Teachers for Global Citizenship Education: A Template (UNESCO)

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 10 Aug 2018 | by: UNESCO | Story Source: UNESCO ~ Go to Original Article Preparing Teachers for Global Citizenship Education: A Template is a response to a demand from teacher educators and teachers for practical information and...

3 strategies to address menstruation taboos for girls in Nepal

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 21 Sep 2018 | by: Ganga Gautam | Story Source: Brookings (Education Plus Development) ~ Go to Original Article "I used the sanitary pad upside down for about a year because I was neither told by anyone how to use it properly, nor...

Research Stories: Building a Culture of Self-Efficacy (US)

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 21 Sep 2018 | by: Usable Knowledge | Story Source: Harvard Usable Knowledge ~ Go to Original Article By focusing on mastery and identity, every learner (and teacher) can become an active achiever. “We don’t want to foster identities...

Research Stories: Building a Strong School Culture (US)

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 9 Sep 2018 | by: Leah Shafer | Story Source: Harvard Usable Knowledge ~ Go to Original Article With foresight, intentional action, and reflection, principals can shape the shared values of their school. Building from an...

Meet the SDG 4 data: Indicators on school conditions, scholarships and teachers

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 12 Sep 2018 | by: Silvia Montoya, UNESCO Institute for Statistics | Story Source: GPE/ UIS ~ Go to Original Article The blogs in this series have examined the indicators that measure progress towards the achievement of Sustainable...

Why Students Forget—and What You Can Do About It

Teachers have long known that rote memorization can lead to a superficial grasp of material that is quickly forgotten. But new research…

The Reading Revolution will be Televised: The Use of AniBooks in India

Sami Kumari was able to read two-syllable words, in an Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) in Hindi. She was not able to…

100 innovations on K12 education from around the world

HundrED has selected 100 inspiring innovations that are changing the face of K12 education today…

Education in the Age of Automation

As digital technologies and automation have advanced, fears about workers’ futures have increased. But, the end result does not have to be negative…

How To Create A Happy Classroom: 10 Steps to a Happy Place (UK)

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 10 Sep 2018 | by: Adrian Bethune | Story Source: Teacher Toolkit~ Go to Original Article The evidence is clear that happier children work better, get ill less, have less time off school, get higher grades and are generally more...

Math Shapes Our Primal ‘Number System’, Not Vice-Versa (US)

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 24 Jul 2018 | by: JOAN BRASHER-VANDERBILT | Story Source: Futurity.org ~ Go to Original Article Scientists have long believed that our ability to solve symbolic math problems such as 3+2=5 depends on an imprecise, primal brain...

Australia: Essential education, future jobs must be taught with tech

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 4 Sep 2018 | by: David Cowen | Story Source: Raconteur ~ Go to Original Article Applications of technology in classrooms can add great value, but leave room for the human interactions of skilled teachers. At the tender age of 87,...